On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Twin Cities Area
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City